Sean O’Hagan: “If you don’t annoy some people some of the time, you’re not doing your job properly!” In the first of a new series of interviews with members of the international photography community – writers, curators, collect… Link: http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/sean-ohagan-i-guess-if-you-dont-annoy.html?m=1 I’ll be glad to see the back of (too) big prints, which everyone seemed to…
Why street photography is facing a moment of truth Sean O’Hagan on the thriving art of street photography in the surveillance age via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/apr/18/street-photography-privacy-surveillance It took root in New York in the 60s and 70s with compelling images of street life that captured the heart of the city. But anxieties about privacy, terrorism,…
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon | Book review Sean O’Hagan applauds a meticulous biography of the photographer Dorothea Lange who will forever be defined by her images of the Great Depression via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec/06/dorothea-lange-biography-review Sean O’Hagan applauds a meticulous biography of Dorothea Lange who will forever be defined by her…
